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Aftermarket Fuses

Can I set the ground rules up front?? I hope so. There are two camps. One who can hear different audible reproduction using aftermarket fuses. The second camp can not justify in theory, or can not hear a difference in fuses. Fine. I respect both camps. Can we hold this discussion to those who can hear an audible difference in fuses?? Can we? If so, what is your choice in aftermarket fuses and describe, please, what you hear.
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nonoise
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@highstream 
Are you sure the Brimar fuses are out of your price bracket? They are only $35 apiece, far below the $150 for the SR Blue and farther still below the Beeswax fuses. Maybe you were thinking of another brand?

All the best,
Nonoise
highstream
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I was thinking of the $400 Brimar black fuse, which is special order and not listed on its website. At least in Hong Kong, the black is considered the top level audiophile fuse, better than the SR Blue (which I found bettered by the beeswax Ultimate). The Brimar is discussed a bit with photos on the audiophile fuse thread of What’s Best forums, starting at post 522 - http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthread.php?453-Audiophile-Fuses&p=497752&highlight=brimar#...
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geoffkait
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That’s interesting. Both the $400 Brimar Black fuse, graphene one assumes heh heh, and the implication that Hong Kong is the new Paragon of sound. 😳
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nonoise
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@highstream 
Thanks for the link. Looks like Brimar is stepping up their game a bit. 
By the by, the regular $35 fuse is quite something on it's own and maybe the equal of some of the more expensive ones out there.

All the best,
Nonoise
highstream
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It’d be nice if there were a simple, efficient, low cost way to compare burned in fuses, especially given the cost differentials.
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